Pembrokeshire Coastal Path Sponsored Trek

Please support an inspiring project to build a secondary school in one of the poorest regions of the world. It will give hundreds of children the opportunity to break out of poverty, giving them the skills they need to improve their prospects. We urgently need funds to build the school by September 2021.

We are going to trek 100 miles along the Pembrokeshire coastline from Dale to St Dogmael’s which includes a total ascent of 6300m (which is nearly 3/4 of the height of Everest!) leaving on June 9th next week. The trek will last 9 days and we will stay at campsites all along the way - have to say we are just a little daunted!

Any contribution however small will go a very long way in Malawi and will be hugely appreciated.

Iain and Binnie

A Brighter Future through Education

Please support an inspiring project to build a secondary school in one of the poorest regions of the world and enable hundreds of children to break out of poverty and improve their prospects.

Over 200 children in the rural Mzimba region of Malawi have never experienced secondary school or are having to walk 10 kilometres or more to the nearest school over difficult terrain without breakfast or lunch.

Having their own secondary school will give these children a well-grounded education, attain better jobs and give them a sense of pride and achievement.

The children will be given a meal when they arrive at the school and alongside their lessons, they will learn how to grow vegetables in the school’s permaculture garden in a sustainable way. There will be an equal enrolment of girls and boys to ensure equal access to education.

In Malawi, this grassroots project is led by a group of people who represent parents of children who will study at the school as well as Community and Church Leaders. Local families despite extreme financial hardship have come together to raise the money to begin the building of the school but their funds have run out. In the UK, a new charity ‘Action for Sustainable Communities’ has formed to support projects such as this one. One of the trustees Newton Matupi originally from the Mzimba area in Malawi is working closely with the community to ensure all building work is carried out to a high standard. All funds are tightly accounted for, with photographic evidence of progress. The school is due to open in September 2021 but needs £25,000 to finish the building work to enable it to open.